Quick Christmas Activities

I LOVE Christmas. Maybe because my birthday is really close to Christmas day. Maybe it's all the sugar! I think it's probably all the extra love we feel because of the great gift we have been given by our Heavenly Father. We want to share that love with each other. One thing I love to do with my family, and with whomever I am working with in my current calling is to refocus on "Christ in Christmas". Here are a couple of simple ideas that might help with that.

This one is from no time for flashcards. If you go to her site, she had her children fill out little clue cards for each member of the nativity. They read a story about the nativity. Then the kids went and hid the pieces of the nativity. They sent the mom on the scavenger hunt to find each piece. They got to teach her about each member of the nativity set. So sweet. You could adapt this for AD very easily.

I LOVE this ornament. She has a free printable on her site. This is just a clear ball with a little bit of sand and some shells, but it reminds us that Christmas is a joyous time because of everything the Savior did for us, the Sermon on the Mount, Gethsemane, Calvary, and the Resurrection. I tried to help our YW see this when I taught them this Sunday. Christmas is Christmas because of Palm Sunday, and Good Friday, and Easter.

This one is fromlivelaughrowe.
So what does a snowman have to do with this Christ centered Christmas? I thought this would be a cute and quick gift. The girls could fill it up with a treat, there are so many pretty varieties of candy this time of year. Then they can watch this:

Have you seen it yet? It's very touching. Have them take a minute and talk about what gift they can give back to the Savior this year. Then go and give those cute snowmen to someone as a secret santa gift. Or adapt any of these ideas as you would like. Or use them to inspire you to go and create and teach your girls! Merry Christmas!